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US TO GO DIGITAL IN 2004.
The US electronics industry this week signed up to the Federal Communications Commission voluntary plan to begin equipping TV sets with digital tuners from 2004. The move could put pressure on
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LIBERTY RULES OUT NTL.
US cable giant Liberty Media has ruled out further talks to take a large stake in NTL as the heavily indebted cable operator is poised to unveil a completed restructure. Liberty
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C4 to showcase debut directors.
Channel 4 is looking to review the output of two of its key experimental strands Dogma TV and The Other Side in a bid to get new directing talent on screen.New
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OFT probe into BSkyB 'too slow'.
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has come under fire for being too slow to act on allegations of anti-competitive behaviour following the latest delay in its probe into BSkyB, writes Simon Ellery
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News World rejigs board for Dublin event.
News World, the annual gathering of international news broadcasters, has restructured its senior management team giving director Patrick Stoddart a more hands-on role, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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AARDMAN AND NICK TIE UP.
Wallace and Gromit producer Aardman has teamed up with Nickelodeon to launch a storyboard competition giving six animators the opportunity to have an idea turned into a short film which will broadcast on Nickelodeon UK, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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BALL FILLS IN AT CAPITAL.
Former BBC Radio 1 presenter Zoe Ball is returning to the airwaves with a seven-week stint on Capital Radio-owned London station XFM. Ball will fill in for Ricky Gervais and Stephen
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REAL RADIO BEATS BBC.
Guardian Media Group Radio head John Myers claimed this week that the company's new Scottish commercial station Real Radio had already pulled in more listeners than BBC Radio Scotland. Real Radio,
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NEW CHAIRMAN FOR BBFC.
Former Teddington Studios chairman Ewart Needham has been appointed as the new chairman of the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC). Needham, who during 40 years in the television industry also
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TV execs slip down rich list.
BBC Chairman Gavyn Davies does not realise he is worth #163;135m, according to the Sunday Times annual review of the 1,000 richest people in Britain, writes David Wood
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Sky chiefs eye German market.
BSkyB's two most senior executives were this week locked in talks with News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch to help mastermind a potential push into the German market following the collapse of
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World Service for NY Times.
BBC World Service content is to be made available to users of the New York Times website after the BBC completed one of the first agreements of its kind, writes Leigh Holmwood
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C4 gets main Rima award.
Channel 4 scooped the broadcaster of the year gong for the second year running at the Commission for Racial Equality's 10th Race in the Media Awards, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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CAPITAL GOLD MOVES BLACKBURN TO WEEKEND.
Capital Gold has rejigged its schedule and shunted veteran DJ Tony Blackburn from his weekday drivetime show. From 18 April, Blackburn will present the weekend breakfast show from 06.00 to 09.00
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STEPHENS AGREES TO STAY ON AS HEAD OF S4C.
Elan Closs Stephens has agreed to sit for a second term as chair of Welsh broadcaster S4C. During her upcoming term, which starts this month, she has said she wants to
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FILM REVENUES FROM ON-DEMAND SET TO SOAR.
Film revenues from 'on-demand' services are poised to hit $12bn (£8.4bn) by 2007 according to a new report by Informa Media Group. The group claims that 281 million homes will take
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PLANET 24'S LENTON MOVES TO CHRYSALIS.
Paul Lenton, former finance director of Carlton Productions subsidiary Planet 24, has been appointed finance director of Chrysalis TV Group. Lenton, who previously worked for Price Waterhouse, Eurostar UK and Warner
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NEW PHOTO AGENCY OFFERS BBC NATURE PICS.
The BBC's natural history unit picture library and its BBC Wild website have been incorporated into a new photo agency. The Nature Picture Library, which has taken over the representation of
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EVENT TO FOCUS ON WELSH MINORITIES.
The Black Light Media Group is planning to host an event at the Cardiff International Arena on 20 April aimed at increasing ethnic minority representation within the Welsh media industry. The
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Endemol bursts into song for C4.
Endemol UK production arm Initial has been commissioned to produce a three-part series on the singing voice for Channel 4, which will offer wannabe singers the chance to learn trade secrets